Written questions

London North Eastern Railway

Commons · Question 53824 · Tabled 21 May 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 4 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) she and (b) officials in her Department had discussions with LNER on the (i) commissioning and (ii) publication of the report entitled “Impact of Open Access Operations on LNER - at stations with di

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 4 Jun 2025

Train operators are not required to seek the Department for Transport’s approval for business-as-usual research funded within their approved budgets.